Yorkton This Week

The National Hockey League's trade deadline has been somewhat of a disappointment over recent years. The big blockbuster deals have been few and far between.

Godfrey Dean Art Gallery presents "The Power of 8 Paintings", an exhibition of dramatic and powerful, life size oil paintings of single mothers and their children. From the Mendel Art Gallery, on now until April 26. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mon. to Fri.

Tourism Saskatchewan has released the names of the finalists for the 2012 Saskatchewan Tourism Awards of Excellence.

Canada's longest running country music festival has conjured up a cool concept for the June 27 opening night.

Parkland College is on the fast track to open its Trades and Technology Centre by 2015. In its budget released March 20, the Saskatchewan government announced $1 million for the planning and design of the centre.

The Yorkton Curling Club held their annual women's bonspiel on February 28 to March 3. The A-side winners of the event were: Susie Atkinson , Mavis Lutz, Bev Krasowski, and Sandi Smogyi.

The Preeceville and District Health Centre recently received a significant donation towards the purchase of Telehealth equipment for their facility.

The provincial budget dropped last Wednesday in the Saskatchewan Legislature and it was a document that has to be looked at as positive, from a Yorkton perspective.

The Highway 10 rivalry between the Yorkton Terriers and Melville Millionaires is alive-and-well in this year's Sherwood Conference final in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League.

Jaycee Mildenberger, who stands accused of murdering Gwenda Gregory in 2009, was denied bail by a Regina court judge last week. There was to be a preliminary hearing starting March 11, but the defence consented to commit the matter to trial.